After getting away from a club's heavy 1400 watt generator, I tried using a
Vector 600 watt inverter for the Ham IV on the roof of the Rovermobile.
Continually blew the control box fuse, till I overfused it then okay
thereafter. Square wave inverter problem. Now am installing a Yaesu G1000-DX
rotator and not taking any chances blowing it up. Was getting a pure sine wave
inverter, costly, now have a generator for half the price and 1 kw normal load.
Still have some heavy marine batteries to run the rigs too. For 3 years,
never had a working indicator on the control box. Looking forward to the
accuracy forthcoming.
Antennas: Aside from the 4 elmt beam on 6, I use full size 18' K1FO's. Here
in VE3 I have over 95% of my qso's in an arc E - S - W which reduces the wear
on the rotator and on the cables, which are Wireman 106, LMR 400 flex and
RG213. Never had a connector fail yet. Need the gain for the longer reach.
Large loopers above 432 as well. It must be great for those who have grids
workable in a full 360 degrees.
Looking forward to reaching more of you in the future.
73,
Bill VE3CRU
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